Juxtapoz Magazine holding auction to help Power House Project
Juxtapoz Magazine is dedicating the proceeds from the 15th Anniversary Art Auction to helping grow the Power House Project in the Davison and Conant neighborhood.Excerpt:Over 11,000 homes have been foreclosed in Detroit, which is one of many reasons why we have decided to organize our 15th Anniversary Art Auction to benefit Power House Project of Detroit. ABC News recently took a look at a unique way some artists are coping with the recession: the $100 home. It’s no secret Detroit has seen better days. These homes have been stripped of copper wiring, some have been burned, and many are falling apart. The jobless rate in Detroit is now at a whopping 22% and crime and hopelessness is at an all-time high. However, some artists see not blight, but opportunity. A blank canvas to build studio space. …Our hope is to help make Detroit a more livable, viable, and artistic community by raising enough money via our 15th Anniversary Art Auction to purchase homes with Power House Projects in the Detroit area and fly artists out to help renovate them. ?Read the entire article here.
Juxtapoz Magazine is dedicating the proceeds from the 15th Anniversary
Art Auction to helping grow the Power House Project in the Davison and
Conant neighborhood.
Excerpt:
Over 11,000 homes have been foreclosed in Detroit, which is one of many
reasons why we have decided to organize our 15th Anniversary Art
Auction to benefit Power House Project of Detroit. ABC News recently
took a look at a unique way some artists are coping with the recession:
the $100 home.
It’s no secret Detroit has seen better days. These homes have been
stripped of copper wiring, some have been burned, and many are falling
apart. The jobless rate in Detroit is now at a whopping 22% and crime
and hopelessness is at an all-time high. However, some artists see not
blight, but opportunity. A blank canvas to build studio space.
…
Our hope is to help make Detroit a more livable, viable, and artistic
community by raising enough money via our 15th Anniversary Art Auction
to purchase homes with Power House Projects in the Detroit area and fly
artists out to help renovate them.
?
Read the entire article here.
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